It's a shame, Zalatan never been in the world cup during his prime years. This was his best chance.
I could be wrong but, I dont think the viewership would have been affected that much.
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Goal. Take it with a grain of salt. It make sense because he's very young and United needs a CAM if Kagawa's not the answer.
Talks to Per and Özil about life at Arsenal, and swaps shirts with Jack after the match.....
my bad
I dont think any England supporter full expects us to seriously compete with the current crop of players and imo the realistic target to be completive at a major tournament is France 2016 (as players like Lampard and Gerrard suuuuurely cant keep getting a chance to fail to lead the country anywhere at major tournaments...right?
Yes it was two losses but Roy was trying out new players vs Chile, England had 2 debutants on the wing in Lallana and Rodriguez (Lallana played well imo, but Rodriguez was totally invisible). Credit to Chile though they were sooo poised in possession and some of the their build up play was top notch. If Beausejour could shoot the game would have a been a total thumping
The Germany loss wasn't surprising at all, Germany's second team coulld/would easily win some games in Brazil, and give most countries first XI a good run as they are that deep. That doesn't excuse way the team set up, the lack of urgency/fight bar select periods, or the total lack of link between midfield and attack. Cleverly is simply not good enough to play for England, and what Smalling was doing/marking during all 3 crosses leading up to conceding I'll never know.
Yes two losses at home, things didnt look good, but again I'll just look at it as Roy still trying out some stuff. I'll take two losses in some friendlies against good competition if it means he's got a better idea of how to get the most out of his squad (and how to pick the best team and not the best XI players) over rolling over some weaker opposition while we play our first XI just to get the win. Also for a bit of context on what England can do, just a reminder, earlier this year England's first XI held Brazil to a draw in the Maracanã and before that they beat them at Wembley. If we dont get put into a incredibly tough group, our first choice players get/stay fit, and players like Carroll, Wellbeck, Cleverly and Milner aren't getting game time..hell even on the plane to Rio, who knows what could happen at the WC (again in terms of getting out of the group stages
/Long post about England's NT that nobody really cares about.
I don't get the hype behind Ronaldo getting Portugal to classify for the world cup; if that is going to be the decisive factor for him winning the award then Messi should get credit for helping Argentina to be one of the first teams to qualify for the World cup. One could argue that Messi is the driving force behind Argentina's success throughout the qualify phase; he had solid performances throughout the qualifies by assisting/scoring.
In the end, Ballon D'or has no clear definition on how it is awarded and each player can come up with a solid case on why they should win the award. We will just have to wait and see...
Cr7 scored 42 goals in 2007-08 season for united. Where he played on the wing. Having this many goals really doesn't surprise me all that much... Still very impressive
Most youngsters with the type of talent Ronnie has fall in love with the lifestyle of being a pro footballer rather than working hard to be a great footballer. This is a big problem with American & British atheletes... 